As time goes by, not only the two tank regiments of the 1st Army have arrived, but many infantry regiments are also rushing here. This place is only a few kilometers away from Gary's city, and even infantry can only arrive in 30 or 40 minutes.

The Second Infantry Regiment, who was preparing to rush into the battlefield, saw a large number of tanks coming quickly in the distance, and the soldiers immediately cheered again, "Comrades, our large number of tanks have arrived, let's rush!!!"

With the arrival of a large number of tanks, as the soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment entered the battlefield, the remaining German tanks were quickly destroyed, destroying all German tanks. The three major tank regiments began to gather and attack and advance towards Suez without stopping.

After the German army came out of Suez City, they are currently basically located between Gary and Suez, with a distance of about ten kilometers, and there are German troops everywhere in this area.

The three major tank regiments immediately discovered the large German army, and the infantry regiments that followed also arrived one after another. In this area, gunfire sounded everywhere.

In the afternoon.

Many troops of the 6th Army arrived here one after another. The 1st Army and the 6th Army fought a great war with the Germans in this area.

In terms of weapons, in terms of numbers and morale, the Chinese team has an absolute advantage and the battle is one-sided. It is basically difficult for the German army to organize effective resistance, and a large number of German troops were annihilated on the spot.

the next day.

The battle was approaching its end, and the German army was basically wiped out, with only one or two thousand German troops breaking through and fleeing to Cairo. The entire battle was a great victory.

The next morning, a large number of Chinese teams began to appear in Suez City. Suez was basically an empty city. The German troops stationed here almost came out yesterday, and there were almost no German troops in the city.

The Chinese team occupied Suez City without any effort.

The Suez Canal starts from the south of the Port of Said to Suez City, which is the southern gateway to the Suez Canal. It controls Suez City and almost half of the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal is the dividing line between Asia and Africa, and is also the most direct waterway between Asia, Africa and Europe. It connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea and is the most important waterway to enter the Mediterranean Sea. The strategic location is very important.

If it were in peacetime, the Suez Canal was also a golden waterway. Once, Marx called the Suez Canal "the great waterway of the East."

After the completion of the Suez Canal, the voyage from various Asian ports to Europe was greatly shortened. It can be roughly shortened by more than 8,000 to 10,000 kilometers. It communicates with the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean through the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal. It is an international shipping waterway of great economic and strategic significance.

The important position of the Suez Canal has never stopped competing for the international competition.

In the beginning, the management rights of the Suez Canal belong to France, because the excavation of the Suez Canal was basically completed by a large number of coolies in France.

As early as 1858, France became a canal company, forcing the poor Egyptians to dig canals across the desert. The work took nearly 11 years, and most of the coolies were even whipped. A large number of coolies died of hunger, disease and heavy physical labor.

After the canal was completed, France obtained the right to operate and control the Suez Canal.

In 1875, foreign debt forced the French side to sell the shares of the canal to Britain. In 1882, British cavalry entered the canal. In 1888, the Constantinople Congress announced that the canal was a neutral zone under the protection of the British Empire, and stipulated that the canal was open to ships of all countries, whether in peace or during war. In addition, the convention also stipulated that no hostilities should be carried out in the waters of the canal and that fortifications should not be built along its coast. In 1936, Britain signed the Treaty of the British and Egypt, and Britain insisted on retaining control of the Suez Canal.

After the outbreak of World War II, Rommel, commander of the German Expeditionary Force in North Africa, commanded the Egyptian offensive and prepared to capture the Suez Canal.

Now, the German army in the area of ​​Suez City has been annihilated by the China Team, which has controlled the southern end of Suez. The Chinese side has controlled it.

After the Suez area was occupied by the 1st and 6th Army, neither the Germans nor the Italians could be taken back. The Germans in North Africa had been severely hit by the Chinese team and their strength had been greatly weakened.

On the day of occupying Suez, the two armies jointly sent a report to the domestic government to report the good news to the Ministry of National Defense, and also made a general report on the battle situation over the past few days.

After receiving the reports from the two armies, the Ministry of National Defense immediately reported to Zhang Yunfei. After learning that the 1st Army and the 6th Army successfully captured Suez, Zhang Yunfei was in a good mood.

Soon, Zhang Yunfei gave instructions and ordered the two armies to send another part of their forces along the Suez Canal to occupy the Port of Said at the northern end of the Suez Canal. In addition, the Chinese Navy Indian Ocean Fleet will cooperate with the operation.

Only by controlling both ends of the Suez Canal, namely the city of Suez and the Port of Said, can it be considered to be a real control of the Suez Canal. Given the importance of the Suez Canal, Zhang Yunfei was ready to take advantage of the war to seize control of the canal.

Zhang Yunfei's order soon conveyed the two armies, the 1st Army and the 6th Army did not dare to neglect them, and immediately sent a tank regiment and a motorized infantry regiment to advance north, and the target was naturally the Port of Said, and the Indian Ocean Fleet also sent several warships to cooperate.

The warship formation of two heavy cruisers, a light cruiser, and two missile destroyers of the Indian Ocean Fleet cooperated with the operation and entered the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, headed north along the Hebei region, and headed directly to the Port of Said.

Two days later, more than 1,000 German troops stationed in Port Said and hundreds of Italian troops were completely wiped out by the Chinese team, and the Chinese team began to fully control the Suez Canal.

After the full control of the Suez Canal, the 1st Army and the 6th Army did not continue to fight, but rested in Suez City or Port Said.

During the rest period, the two armies began to organize some local laborers, as well as some German prisoners to build permanent military bases and some military fortifications in Suez City, Port Said and other places.

The Chinese team on the battlefield in North Africa no longer participated in military operations. The United States and Britain sent a telegram asking the Chinese team to continue to cooperate in the fight in North Africa. However, the Chinese side rejected the request of the United States and Britain on the grounds that the continuous combat was relatively tired and needed to rest.

However, the German troops in North Africa have been annihilated tens of thousands by the Chinese team, hundreds of aircraft have been shot down, and a large number of tanks have been destroyed by China. Even if China does not participate in the war again, the United States and Britain can annihilate the German troops in North Africa.

Sure enough, a few days later, the United States and British Allied Forces began a full-scale counterattack. After more than a month of hard fighting, they finally basically annihilated the German and Italian troops.

During this period, the 11th Army of the Chinese team reached North Africa. The 11th Army was stationed near the Port of Said and built a military base in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt near the Port of Said.

The Sinai Peninsula military base, including a naval port, an airport, and a military barracks, is not as large as the Persian Gulf base, but the project volume is not small. After completion, the Chinese team will have an additional military base on the coast of the Mediterranean and near the north entrance of the Suez Canal.

The Chinese team has been carrying out construction near the Suez Canal for more than a month. The United States and Britain have protested, but the Chinese team has made very sufficient reasons. The construction of these military bases is to prepare for entering the Mediterranean and entering the European battlefield.

This time, the Chinese team entered the European battlefield, and their real purpose was naturally to take advantage of the war to seize the greatest interests, such as building a military base in the Middle East, seizing the Suez Canal, and building a military base in the Sinai Peninsula near the Port of Said.

The Chinese team does not really want to fight against the German army. The goal is to fight for its best interests. China will not do anything without interests.

The Allied forces also took a fancy to the strong combat effectiveness and excellent equipment of the China Team. The performance of the China Team in North Africa made the Allied forces excited and saw hope of quickly defeating the German army.

It is July.

The Allied forces began to land on a large scale in France, and the Soviet Union also began to launch a large-scale counterattack. Under the attack of the Allied forces, the German and Italian troops were defeated.

On the Chinese side, at the joint request of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, France and other countries, the Chinese team was also preparing to land on the European battlefield. Zhang Yunfei was preparing to send the Chinese Navy Indian Ocean Fleet, as well as the 1st, 6th and 11th armies, a total of three armies, to enter Europe to fight.

On the Mediterranean.

An aircraft carrier battle group is sailing, which is an aircraft carrier formation composed of an aircraft carrier, a heavy cruiser, three light cruisers, five missile destroyers, three missile frigates, several supply ships and transport ships.

In front of the formation, there are three submarines, sailing on the water, and under the water, there are two submarines, which are an aircraft carrier formation of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet.

The formation had just passed the Suez Canal and entered the Mediterranean shortly after it entered the Mediterranean. The mission of this aircraft carrier battle group was to sail, patrol, find the German fleet and annihilate it.

In the Port of Said, many transport ships have been gathered, and the soldiers of the 6th Army and a large amount of equipment are loading. The 6th Army will land on the Italian Peninsula and enter Italy to fight.

In order to ensure safety, this aircraft carrier battle group will patrol, cruise, and annihilate all enemy ships in the Mediterranean in the past few days so that the fleet of the 6th Army's fleet can safely reach its landing site.

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Chapter completed!